I've got a busy week ahead, well busy for me. I've got a couple of writing workshops to do and then I'm off to Edinburgh on Thurs for four shows see here. If you're in Edinburgh or know someone who is in on these days, come along or get them to come along. I'll be travelling back next Mon, so I will update this blog next Tues. It will also mean I won't be on the radio this Sat morning. Let's hope the person they get to replace me isn't someone who wants to take my place, unlike the last time I was away from the show.
A couple of months ago, I mentioned how I did a few poems at the Manchester Independent Book Market. Well Literature Northwest were there with a camera and have put 3 of my poems on YouTube. You can see my attempt at a Peace poem here and there are 2 more poems here. Cheers.
Last week I mentioned how a couple of Warrington Rugby League fans ruffled my hair. It got me thinking that this had a lot to do with being part of a group (and a little to do with alcohol) , because they wouldn't have done this if they were on their own. Nobody would do that to a complete stranger if they were on their own. This made me think how many people does it take, in a group before you would feel confident enough to ruffle the hair of a stranger. So the next time you're out in a big group and you feel confident enough to ruffle a complete stranger's hair ,do it and then count how many people you are out with and then let me know. If you have an problems when doing this, tell the people involved you are conducting an experiment. I'm sure this will smooth things over.
Talking of last week's post, just out of interest did anyone click on the pics of Tom Jones' groin area???
Onto other matters, I've had to endure what can only be described as two chick flicks. The first one was 'Before Sunrise', where a man and a woman meet on a train, they end up chatting on the train, then they chat whilst walking through Vienna, they chat in a bar, they chat whilst they're lying in the park. There's a lot of chatting. We don't even get to see them boff. Apparently this is romantic. And just when you thought it was safe to go near the DVD player, they made a sequel, 'Before Sunset'. This was totally different, when I say totally different, it involved all the chatting of it's predecessor but this film was set in Paris. If there are any men reading this and their wives/girlf shows any interest in watching these films, fake an illness, distract her with sex or do whatever you have to do, to get out of watching them. If you've watched either of these films let me know your thoughts. I imagine they will differ on gender lines, but I could be wrong.
I was interested to see that Ian Wright has left 'Live from Studio Five', which means there is a slot for a black guy to talk nonsense about nonsense. Never has there been a job description that says me, in the history of job descriptions.
And finally.... In my attempt to be more popular than an octopus I have predicted the League placings for the upcoming Premiership. So if you want to know where your team is going to finish or you're just interested then click here (and scroll down to bottom).
Til next week (tues), stay safe!